Who can work on my property?
- RRP
Licensed Contractor: (8 hour class) -
Any contractor working for compensation at a pre-1978 residential dwelling,
daycare, public or private pre-school or kindergarten must comply with
RI’s RRP Rule. This includes but is not limited to all general
contractors, window installers, interior and exterior painters, plumbers,
electricians, HVAC system installers, pipe fitters, flooring specialist,
carpenters and do it yourself landlords.
- Lead
Hazard Abatement Contractor: (40 hour
class) – Any contractor working on a residential property that has been
cited for a lead poisoned child, is working on a HUD financed project or
the owner has requested this level of training.
Rhode Island mandates that a clearance inspection be conducted
at the completion of all interior and exterior projects by a RI licensed lead
inspector/ technician.
PROPERTIES EXEMPT FROM THE RRP RULE
- Homeowners
working on their own single family residence.
- Dwellings
that possesses a Lead Free Certificate.
- A
contractor that is disturbing less than 6 square feet per room on the interior of a dwelling or less
than 20 square feet on the exterior
of a dwelling within 30 day increments and are not using any prohibitive
practices. (Prohibited practices are actions such as demolition activities
or using power tools without HEPA filtration.) Window
installation is never exempt.